"The Moonrise Wakes the Nightingale" [Barbara Arens]

"The Moonrise Wakes the Nightingale" [Barbara Arens]

First line of lyrics: The sunrise wakes the lark to sing

Arens, Barbara; music (lives in Germany, born in Lebanon, 1960)

Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)

2020 [copyright] [publication]

Barbara Arens

genre: song

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

initial time signature: 6/8

origin: Germany

female composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Bird Raptures"

Notes about the text: The song is a setting of three of the four lines of each stanza in the poem. Lines 4, 10 and 14 are missing. "To", the first word of line 9 in the poem, is replaced by "And" for the song.

Tempo markings: dotted quarter note= c. 60

Performance instructions: "Wistfully"

Notes: Published by Barbara Arens in her collection called "Golden Reflections: Fifteen Songs" (2020).

Format 1: musical score

2 pages

Other data reference(s): "Golden Reflections." J.W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/Golden-Reflections/11331822.item#/submit. Accessed 25 Oct. 2021.

Cataloguer: Jessica Nash and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa

This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "The Moonrise Wakes the Nightingale." Golden Reflections, pp. 34-37. J. W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/Golden-Reflections/11331822.item

Record: CRM-birdraptures-arens

"© 2020 | The works in this book are the sole right of the composer, Barbara Arens" (Golden Reflections)

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